Dan Bennett

Dan is co-founder of the Los Angeles and San Diego International Children’s Film Festivals and a former film and popular-arts journalist whose work appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Movieline and the Los Angeles Times.

Radheya Jegatheva

Radheya Jegatheva is an Oscar qualified and AACTA nominated filmmaker based in Perth, Australia. Radheya's films have been selected to 28 Academy Award Qualifying Festivals. His 2019 film, The Quiet was Oscar qualified, and his 2017 film iRony was nominated for an Australian Academy of Cinema & TV Arts (AACTA) Award. Radheya's films have collectively garnered more than 1,570 official selections and 540 awards worldwide, and have been played in all the world's 7 continents, including Antarctica at the Davis Research Station.

Nicola Rose

Nicola is an award-winning, New York-based filmmaker whose work is gathering acclaim. Her shorts include Creative Block, In the Land of Moonstones, Gabrielle, and Biff & Me. In 2021, Nicola directed her first feature-length film, Goodbye, Petrushka, a coming-of-age comedy. Nicola is a graduate of Columbia University and the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris.

Julia Madeleine Stella

Julia Madeleine Stella is a Melbourne-based animator and illustrator. She specialises in digital frame by frame animation with a focus on narrative and visual development, and has a passion for the animation medium’s unique ability for storytelling.

In 2020 Julia released her multi- award-winning debut film, Star Thief, which has since been screened in 19 film festivals across 9 countries. When she’s not working on her latest project, Julia can usually be found rollerskating, crocheting or baking to get away from her desk.

Tim Kitchen

Tim Kitchen Senior Education Specialist at Adobe responsible for managing a range of Adobe education programs within the Asia Pacific region. Based in Melbourne, Australia.  Regularly liaises with Australasian government officials, schools, universities and corporate organisations with a focus on enhancing creativity in education